The first sentence of this verse in Good News Translation is very similar in structure to that of the Hebrew. The order is both logical and chronological, and in this respect should cause no basic translational difficulties.

These are your orders is literally “see, I have commanded you” (Revised Standard Version). The meaning may also be rendered, “strictly obey my orders!”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Newman, Barclay M. A Handbook on Joshua. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1983. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .